Not sure if this one has already been put forward in the past but if not heres
my suggestion for a collective group of twitchers.
Seems to me whenever us birders/twitchers gather - whether due to the
excitement of the hunt, the euphoria of finding, the debate over species type
or plumage variation or just the gut wrenching disappointment of a dip that it
all adds up to a whole lot of ruffled feathers!
Below the various meanings for the word ruffle - seems a number are apropriate!
Therefore I suggest the term a ruffle of twitchers!
ruf·fle 1
n.
1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration.
2. A ruff on a bird.
3.
a. A ruckus or fray.
b. Annoyance; vexation.
4. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface.
v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles
v.tr.
1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple.
2. To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle.
3. To erect (the feathers). Used of birds.
4. To discompose; fluster: a book that is bound to ruffle some people.
5. To flip through (the pages of a book).
6. To shuffle (cards).
v.intr.
1. To become irregular or rough.
2. To flutter.
3. To become flustered.
cheers
David Taylor
Brisbane
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